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Messy play can be a thought for some of us when we are at home, but your child will likely love it and will gain learning from it that you can't foresee! A basin, sink, bath or shower tray, outside, a paddling pool or a plastic tablecloth/newspaper covering a table are all possibilities for a messy space.
Messy play can be a thought for some of us when we are at home, but your child will likely love it and will gain learning from it that you can't foresee! A basin, sink, bath or shower tray, outside, a paddling pool or a plastic tablecloth/newspaper covering a table are all possibilities for a messy space.
Below are a few ideas, not all tried and tested but we would love you to share any photos or videos with us on SeeSaw!
Below are a few ideas, not all tried and tested but we would love you to share any photos or videos with us on SeeSaw!
Frozen Fun
Frozen Fun
Children love a rescue mission and small toys or items being frozen always gets children excited. You can help extend the experience for them by providing them with materials that may or may not help. Warm water, a toy hammer, salt, soda bicarbonate & vinegar are a few ideas. Children might ask for their own rescue kits!
Children love a rescue mission and small toys or items being frozen always gets children excited. You can help extend the experience for them by providing them with materials that may or may not help. Warm water, a toy hammer, salt, soda bicarbonate & vinegar are a few ideas. Children might ask for their own rescue kits!
Fruit, vegetables, herbs, seeds and small outdoor things like daisies, grass and leaves can be frozen too. Cooled boiled water produces clearer ice.
Fruit, vegetables, herbs, seeds and small outdoor things like daisies, grass and leaves can be frozen too. Cooled boiled water produces clearer ice.
Frozen Bubbles
Frozen Bubbles
Why not make your own bubbles using the recipe below and use this to try and freeze bubbles outside. You can also make your own bubble wands using pipe cleaners.
Make your own bubbles recipe:
Measure 6 cups of water into one container, then pour 1 cup of dish soap into the water and slowly stir it until the soap is mixed in. Try not to let foam or bubbles form while you stir. Measure 1 tablespoon of glycerine or 1/4 cup of corn syrup and add it to the container. Stir the solution until it is mixed together.
Snow Paint
Snow Paint
Making your own spray snow paint is really easy! This is a fun activity for a snow day outside. Kids will also benefit from this fine motor activity using the spray bottles.
Making your own snow paint only requires 2 ingredients – water and food colouring.
Directions:
1. Take the lids off your squeeze bottles and squeeze several drops of each food coloring in a different bottle.
2. Carefully fill up with cold water, not too fast it will bubble over.
3. Tightly place the lids back on and wipe down the bottles.
4. Carefully take the tops off and use to paint in the snow.
If you dont have any food colouring you can also use paint to create your art in the snow.
Snow Volcano
Snow Volcano
Ice Balloons
Ice Balloons
Loose Parts Play dough
Loose Parts Play dough
Loose parts provide opportunities for children to take their learning and creativity in their own direction. Their ideas are fantastic and often are not thought of by yourself. Everyday items are a great place to start. Things like cereal, pasta, lentils, cake sprinkles, raisins, pulses, milk carton lids, corks, sequins, beads, foil milk bottle tops are a few ideas that you may have at home. Craft items are fab too if you have them. Stones, shells, twigs, sticks, petals are a few natural resources you might be able to gather on your daily walks that would be great too.
Loose parts provide opportunities for children to take their learning and creativity in their own direction. Their ideas are fantastic and often are not thought of by yourself. Everyday items are a great place to start. Things like cereal, pasta, lentils, cake sprinkles, raisins, pulses, milk carton lids, corks, sequins, beads, foil milk bottle tops are a few ideas that you may have at home. Craft items are fab too if you have them. Stones, shells, twigs, sticks, petals are a few natural resources you might be able to gather on your daily walks that would be great too.
At nursery we make our own playdough, the children are experts who love to get their hands dirty and pick their own colours. You will find a link to a receipe below:
Sensory Play
Sensory Play
Making shapes, lines and letters in the shaving foam on a baking tray.
Recycling at it's best! Covering junk modelling material in shaving foam and using loose parts & craft items to decorate a fake cake.
Real life Role Play
Real life Role Play
Play experiences that reflect real life experiences build young people's confidence and understanding of the world around them.
Shops, cafes, bakery, garden centre, doctors/nurses, hospital, fire station, school, offfice, library, builders, poilce, are a few examples.
Role Play cooking/baking with dry ingredients.
Washing the dishes
Play dough garden centre
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